Technical Skills, Ethics and Policies for Professional Practice with Groups and Populations
Code: 42779 ECTS Credits: 9| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4313402 Psychosocial Research and Intervention | OB | 0 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Jenny Cubells Serra
- Email:
- jenny.cubells@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- spanish (spa)
Other comments on languages
Sessions are generally held in Spanish, however some sessions will be held in Catalan, some materials can be occasionally offered in Catalan or English, and teachers may respond in Catalan to questions or comments made in Catalan by the students.Teachers
- Juan Manuel Muñoz Justicia
- Joel Feliu Samuel Lajeunesse
- Luz María Martinez Martinez
- Marisela Montenegro Montenegro Martinez
- Jesus Rojas Arredondo
- Martín Mora Martínez
Prerequisites
None
Objectives and Contextualisation
. Know the main contemporary debates about ethics and chicks in the psychosocial field
. Analyse the ethical and political principles that guide the practice of psychosocial and community research and intervention.
. Identify different ethical and political dilemmas present in work with people, groups and populations.
. Reflect on the ethical and political implications deriving from professional involvement in specific psychosocial phenomena and problems
. Prepare the research work itself for evaluation by the ethics committee.
Competences
- Consider the institutional, ethical and political context of psychosocial practice, assessing and responding to the implications of performing responsible professional relationships with institutions, groups and populations.
- Defend and justify arguments with clarity and precision, so appropriate to the context, valuing the contributions of others.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Teamwork, creating synergies in working environments that involve different people working in a coordinated and collaborative.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyze the ethical and political principles of psychosocial field and assess their relevance to an object of study or specific action
- Defend and justify arguments with clarity and precision, so appropriate to the context, valuing the contributions of others.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Teamwork, creating synergies in working environments that involve different people working in a coordinated and collaborative.
Content
Content
-Introduction to research ethics and politics
-Ethical and political aspects of entry to the field
-Ethics Committee.
-Ethical-political implications of being part of the field
-Ethical and political aspects of entry to the field
-Political effects of research and intervention
-Ethical-political implications of praxis
-Political and ethical aspects of the dissemination of results
-Ethics of responsibility and ethics of care
-Ethical and political aspects of working in / with institutions
-Ethics and politics in the public space
Methodology
Autonomous activities
Systematic reading of bibliographic material.
Analysis of and reflection on the recommended readings
Development of a personal reflection
Directed activities
Presentation of the different contents
Presentation and analysis of the different proposals and readings for each session
Oral presentation of a topic previously agreed and worked on
Discussion and participation in the group-class
Supervised activities
Individual tutorials to prepare the oral presentation.
Tutorials for making the final reflection.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Oral presentation of a topic previously agreed and worked on Discussion and participation in the group-class | 40 | 1.6 | 1, 3 |
| Presentation of the different contents Presentation and analysis of the different proposals and readings for each session | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 2, 4 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Individual tutorials to prepare the oral presentation. | 14 | 0.56 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Tutorials for making the final reflection. | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 2, 3 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Sistematic reading of bibliographic material. Analysis of and reflection on the recommended readings. develope of a personal reflection | 90 | 3.6 | 2 |
Assessment
EV1. Oral presentation on ethics in intervention and/or research.
EV2. Work of reflection on the ethical and political aspects of the research work and/or intervention.
EV3. Report on the application of the module to the TFM process, corrected by the student's tutor in accordance with the guidelines set by the module coordinator.
Grading criteria
Module passed: The module will be considered passed if the student obtains an average score higher than 5 in the set of assessment tests[
Evaluable. Evaluable evidence of learning has a weight equal to or greater than 40% of the total module.
Non-Evaluable. Non-evaluable evidence of learning has a weight less than 40% of the total module.
Reassessment: There is no reassessment.
Evaluation guidelines of the Faculty of Psychology: http://www.uab.cat/doc/DOC_avaluaciotitulacions1819
Evaluation:
Oral exposure 30%
Critical writing about ethics and politics aspects of the research and/or intervention 50%
Report on the application of the module to the TFM process, corrected by the student's tutor in accordance with the guidelines set by the module coordinator. 20%
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV1. Oral presentation on ethics in intervention and/or research (team work) | 30 | 1 | 0.04 | 1, 2, 4 |
| EV2. Work of reflection on the ethical and political aspects of the research work and/or intervention(individual work) | 50 | 40 | 1.6 | 1, 3 |
| EV3. Report on the application of the module to the TFM process, corrected by the student's tutor in accordance with the guidelines set by the module coordinator. Individual work | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1, 3 |
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